Everything from the APA is very expensive. Maybe its time we were saying so.
Max McMurdo, Learning Adviser, Learning Centre, City Campus, Leeds Metropolitan University, Calverley St., Leeds LS1 3HE
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> From: Lesley Crawshaw [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 4:45 PM
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> Subject: American Psychological Association Electronic Journals - Feedback/Opinions Requested
>
> Hi,
>
> Is anyone in the same situation as us i.e. they would like institutional
> access to the APAs online journals in place of print, but find the present
> costings prohibitive. A colleague of mine has asked me to pass this email to
> this list to see if anyone else out there is in a similar predicament??
>
> "You have probably seen the American Psychological Association offer for
> all their journals online (full text) at an overall institutional price,
> allowing cancellation of the print subscriptions.
>
> The Psychology Department at the University of Hertfordshire is keen to
> take this offer and this approach would fit with the University Learning
> & Information Services Department policy for moving forward to
> substantive electronic journals provision. However the costs are high
> and details of the offer are available at
> http://www.apa.org/psycarticles/ APA say that the overall pricing would
> be similar to PsycINFO's price for an institution.
>
> I have investigated the possibility of a CHEST deal for PsycArticles,
> but there isn't enough interest yet from the UK HE sector. Therefore I
> am sending this email out in the hope that other institutions may be
> interested in a deal. The CHEST homepage (http://www.chest.ac.uk/) has a
> link to their "wishlist", where you can add an expression of interest.
> There is also a link to Datasets Wishes & Status page here, to see which
> other institutions have expressed interest. So far there are five
> institutions on the list.
>
> If you may be considering this APA offer, may I urge you to add your
> institutional voice to the wishlist."
>
> Cheers
> Lesley
>
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